अन्तर्मुख

“Is it fun for you? You don’t understand the value of the occasion/event. This cannot be expected from a person with responsibility and that too of your age. …..” Prof said. It was the year 2015, a day before Republic Day. I was in college and my team was at A-Block of the college for inductions for Republic day performance. A Professor from Mechanical Engineering, who used to play badminton with us (or we used to play with him) was the judge for the inductions. While he was watching the performances, suddenly somebody did something wrong, I don’t know what he did, but Prof scolded him. I was outside the hall and was waiting for my team’s turn. I listened to it. That was the first time I had seen that particular Prof scolded someone. He was quite friendly with students. This is why his words “You don’t understand the value of the occasion …” stuck to my ears. At the moment I thought, Yes I do know why we celebrate this day but Do I really know It’s value? That was answered m...